Table food ideas for my toddler

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My daughter will be 1 next week and she's a very difficult eater. I'm still nursing but planning to wean soon. I keep trying to get her to eat regular food. Things I give her are sweet potatoes, bananas, yogurt, and she still loves the gerber graduates finger foods. I also give her small portions of what I eat. She will take a few bites of whatever I give her but then throw a fit and just want to nurse. Not looking forward to weaning! Hope you don't have this problem!

My LO (little one) eats cereal (oat and/or brown rice either plain or food mixed in), yogurt (mostly mixed w/fruit and/or cinnamon), fruits (bananas, peaches, pears, apples, grapes, blueberries, cherries, strawberries and pineapple most recently), veggies (peas, carrots, broccoli, sweet potato, white potato, pumpkin, green beans, zucchini/squash, corn, spinach), cheerios, chicken and beef when we are having it (shred it by hand and give to her). The fruits and veggies are mostly mashed/pureed (mixed with cereal and yogurt a lot) but working on bite size pieces so she feeds herself. She still bf/bottle, but also has a sippy cup that only gets water which she likes to play with more than drink. Since both hubby and I work we have used a lot of the jarred dinners so she gets protein and veggies together cuz I just don't have time to cook as much as I would like. Hope this helps!

Whatever we eat, just in smaller pieces. Bananas and dry cereal for breakfast. Cut up sandwhiches, quesadillas, ect and fruit or veggie for lunch. Also cut up cheese sticks. For dinner, he gets what we have, but in pieces. So, for example, instead of a taco, he will get torn up tortilla, some ground beef, some cheddar and some tomatoes.

Both of my kids loved cheese quesadillas at this age - heat a little olive oil in a pan. Throw down a soft taco size flour tortilla. Add shredded cheese and top with another tortilla. Cook till one side is crispy and lightly brown and flip and do the same to the other side. My kids love 'em and they can easily be refridgerated and reheated. You can also add chicken and veggies if you want. Soft cooked veggies in small pieces are good too - green beans, carrots, etc. Pieces of cheese, toast strips with butter, non-sugary cereal, french fries (in moderation, of course), waffles, pancakes are also good. Really as long as it's soft enough and small enough you can pretty much give them whatever you're eating (excluding stuff like nuts, of course, that may be an allergy risk). My kids eat a lot of yogurt too. I give them plain, full fat, and mix in homemade fruit purees.

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